Online Reference Links

Reference Materials

ALMANACS/FACT BOOKS

Bartleby Factbook 2000
CIA World Factbook
National Atlas of the United States
Presidents of the United States (IPL)
Space Almanac
U.S. Census Factfinder

 ATLASES

Maps.Com Atlas
World Atlas

DICTIONARIES

American Heritage
Cambridge
Dictionary.com
Funk & Wagnalls.com
Infoplease Dictionary
Mirriam-Webster (English)

Acronyms/Abbreviations
Acronym Finder
Acronym Search
Acronym Server Simplified
Acronym Server
Acronyma

Reverse /phonetic dictionaries

Rhyming dictionary

Chinese/English Dictionary
French/English Dictionary
German/English Dictionary
Spanish/English Dictionary
Your Dictionary (multi-language)

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Brainy Encyclopedia
Britannica.com
Columbia Encyclopedia/Bartleby
Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia.com
EncycloZine
Encarta for Interactive Learning
Information Please
Wikipedia

GENERAL REFERENCE

Bartleby Reference Works Online

THESAURUS

Mirriam-Webster
Roget's Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Barlett's Book of Familiar Quotations
Dictionary of Quotations
Elements of Style (Strunk)
Phrase Finder
Robert's Rules of Order

Research Resources

ONLINE

Bibliomania
CIA - The World Factbook
Find Articles
Internet Public Library
Librarians Internet Index
Library of Congress
Library Spot
Open Directory
Public Record Finder

AREA LIBRARIES

Des Moines Public Library
Drake University Library
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Grimes Public Library
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa State University Library
Grimes Public Library

RESOURCES FOR EDITING

AP Style Book
Bartleby - Strunk's Elementary Rules of Style
Blue Book of Grammar (also punctuation)
Government Agency Abbreviations
JCU Study Skills Online
Sentence Structure - Canadian site
SharpWriter.com
Word Crafter - general tips
WriteContent - bibliography resource

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

Ragan Communications
Shel Holtz

PUBLIC RELATIONS

PR News Wire
PR Week

SOCIAL MEDIA

Stephanie Bidney on LinkedIn

WRITING / WRITERS

National Association of Women Writers
Writer (The) magazine
Writers Digest
WritersMarket (subscription)